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BY S. B. KOV.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1858.
YOL 3.
YE TA1LYOU MAX.
A1 OLD sosc.
Kiht jullio is j tailyor man,
As any man way bo;
Anil ail ye daye upon ye bench o.
lie workuth merrilie.
' And oft ye whilo in plcn?anto wiio
He coileth up his Iirobes,
lie singvth songes ye like whcroof
Aro not in Watts'a hyuines.
And yet he toileth all ye while,
. His merrie catches rolls ;
'As true unto ye needle as
Ye needle to ye pole.
What cares ye valient tailyor ma a
For all ye coward feares ?
Against ye scissors of ye fates
lie points his mighty shearcs.
He heedeth not ye anciente jcstes
That witlesse sinners use ;
What feareth ye bold taiyor man
Ye byssinge of a goose ?
'lie p'lllcth at ye buaie th reads,
To feedo his lovinge wife,
And eke biscbilde; for unto them
It is ye threade of life.
"He cuttotb well ye riohe man's coate,
And with nnseemlie pride.
He sees ye little waistcoate in
Ye cabbage bye his side.
.Meanwhile ye tailyor man his wife,
To labor nothing loth,
Sits bye with reaUie hands to bast
'e urchin and ye cloth
Full happie is ye tailyor man,
. Yet is he often tried,
'Leit he. from fullnass of ye dimes,
Waxe wanton in his prido.
Full happie is ye tailyor man,
And yet he hath a foe,
A cunning enemio that none
So well as tailyors knows.
It is yo slipperio customer.
Who goes his wicked wayes.
And wearesyo honcatc tailyor's coato,
iiut never, never payes !
MAKIIYINU A SAW MILL.
CHAPTER I.
"Get my cap, Margaret Maria! Thtre,
can't vou iust tuck those gray hairs under 1 I
wish vuu'd ever remember and bring up that
bottle of hair dye I Come do hurry !"
"Pity sakes, mother, what a luss for an old
country codeer ?"
Margaret Maria don't you know anything !
Son ire Martin is ricb a great lumber nier-
' chant, and besides he owns almost the whole
county ot A. Xow one of these two things
is certain, either you or I must get married,
for what with vour lace and brocade 1 am al
most ruined. Wouldn't a littlo of that rouge
Improve mv complexion?" "Nonsense.rootb-
" ttr. huirv alone."
The widow Brown descended to the parlor
t rreet her visitor, and the daughter com
menced her toilet. It was no slight allair,
"There were cosmetics to be applied to cheeks
tht would never boast the lily's fairness, and
amiles to practice before the long mirror.
There she stood in all the glory of her borrow
ed charms, graceful, fascinating and in every-
t hinir ncrfectlv a la mode, anc iounu squire
Martin in an easy-chair, awkwardly twirling
liia bat in bis bands, lie was a suon man
.erfcctly bald with the exception of two lit
tle Uifts of gray hairthat had been tied togeth
er bv a bit of thread : besides, be had a weasen
face and a cold gfay, monied eye. Margaret
Maria detested the old man at first sight, but
rr-mvmlwrinir their waning fortunes, she lent
her energies to aid her mother in the proposed
rnmiurst. She never plaved and sung with
greater ease, never flattered more elegant-
ilr. Hi? was evidently charmed with her
;oveliness, and the widow congratulated her
aclf on the point gained, Squire Martin was
tedious talker; but both ladies hung in ecs-
tacieson bis words, laughing at his attempts
at witticism, and very feelingly weeping
wtirm tears could be dropped in. The w id
ow revived their old acquaintance, talked over
chool-days, and proffered her sympathies to
console him In bis present loneliness, whil
h rlanirhter touchinsly alluded to her or
phanaire. The effect was wonderful. When
Martin Lowed himself away, it was
1 1 1. a urnniise soon to repeat bis visit.
.MToii well, this has cone ott finely." said
the mot her, as soon as they were alone, while
the voung lady threw herself on tho sofa and
Indulged in a loud laugh at their visitor's ex-
..nr in him iitumblc over the door
word, what an odd figure !"
"Hush, be is rich. Just think, my fine
l.dr- bow will vou like lo teach music or sow
fnr. Mvinv. I tell vou azain poverty is sta
tin ... in the face. Such a bird dont grow on
everv bush, and it's something of an object
, mn to r.atr.li him."
r..w d ivsi alter. Marzarct Maria was sit-
nriirtirinir a new song to
..i, rr th Smiire : when in darted the gen
imr, ; nil thn rlorv of a new wig. It was
t.i.ir ..;.it.. ml far more unbecoming than
wl- of prav that had been allowed
..I.- trinities. Marearet Maria
IVJ f-J V v . ai 4
Inr.L'nH nr. in vir1nt WOnder.
'Don't you know me," said the Squire,
Minr Ai I lrnU- in VOUnt. hev ? cr maybe you
didn't exocct to see me so soon. Always
inir nnt tor me a day a head of tho time
..!..'. nmttn. Ston here's a littlo trinket
I have bought for yon," said he, drawing an
elegant diamond ring irora nis pocnev.
thing more I want to know if you will m
One
marry
"Marry you," said Margaret Maria. "Why,
Mr. Martin, you r su muni
."Sixty-five next June."
t ,m tnt. a rhild."
line T J
..m... ,.oniv.fivn vears aeo 1 tossca
."lllll lUli J a
:i - rm to the ceiling, a smart little
juuiu -"J - -
I . : n .. i.t-n Inn."
Margaret Maria blushed, and referred her
rich old lover to her mamma, bho went up
. r.,-;Kirt atate of mind. ''Ob
mother," she said, "he has proposed to mc
'Who has ?"
At first the widow was indignant, but nnauy
concluded that would not be best.
.... . , ?'
w en, what are you coins to uu
aid the mother, "von wont refuse hinl r
"Why, I dont want to marry bim and live
up there in the woods but isn't this a pretty
i-ine he cave me V
"Yes, indeed," said the widow, and he is
Immen&elv rich, and in all probability would
mot " Here she paused. "You could at
least claim vour thirds, yon know. You
have declared you will not marry Henry Blake."
No, indeed '"exclaimed the daughter.
"But have you never given him reason to 1
think that you cared for him ?"
"What it I have ? I'll never tie myself to
poverty never 1"
The result of this conversation was that
Margaret Maria resolved to give Squire Martin
an afhrmative answer, and the widow took
down her curl papers and indulged iu a flotd
of tears.
CHAPTER II.
A bridal in Church and the wind sighed,
but they chilled not the heart of MargaretMaria
as did the presence of the wintery old man at
her side. She thought of Harry Blake. Strange
that his face should come between her heart
and gold as she drew near the altar. Then
came a tide of womanly feeling to her soul,
and she gave a sigh for what might have been.
But she heard the rustling of her costly robes
as she passed up the isles, she felt the pressure
of her diamond ring upon her finger, and re
signed everything for a thirst for wealth.
Meanwhile, the old bridegroom stroked his
black wig and chuckled over his purchase as
the prettiest little trinket of a bride that money
ever bought. And thero stood Harry Blake,
gazing on the scene, not tearfully but with
wonder that ho could ever have loved that
soulless woman. The bridal tour was a superb
affair, but it was tedious to the old man, who
longed for Uie quiet at home. 1 h cars stop
ped at an insignificant station on the Erie Kail
road, and the Squire started to his feet.
"What, do you live here ?" asked Margaret
Maria.
"No, ten miles farther into the country."
She heaved a deep sigh.
They found a carriage waiting for them at
thejdepot or rather a wagon, familiarly known
as a democrat. The Squire shook hands with
the driver, talked familiarly with the teamster,
and then introduced them to his wife. Mar
garet pursed up her lips, and hardly vouch
safed a bow. A light bidder was procured at
the station-house, and daintily she climbed in
to the wagon. Everything looked miserably
forlorn. The roads were rough, great clods of
mud pelted her bonnet, and as far as the eye
could strevch she could see nothing but steep
hills covered with pines and hemlocks. The
further she went, the more unsuitable seemed
her costlv clothes, and before she reached her
journey's end, she felt that all she would ever
again need, would be a warm woolen shawl and
a hood. Her husband tried to divert her,
pointed to this sawmill and that as his, and in
formed her that he owned every inch ot lanu
from the depot home, but she only grew all
the more forlorn. They scarcely met a human
being all that long lonesome way, and passed
but few houses : and these were small, rnae
ones occupied by the squire's lumbermen. The
squire now commenced to talk with Andrew,
the driver, inquiring how many trees they had
cut down, if the sawmills were all gaining ;
indeed he seemed perfectly absorbed in bis
hobby business.
At length they drew near tho grave yard.
How instinctively we pause in the country as
we approach the resting place of the dead, and
strangely still seemed that little graveyard en
closed by its nicely white-washed fence. Tho
squire grew thoughtful.
'Was vour hrst wiio onneanorer" sskou
Margaret Maria, in a careless tone. The squire
nodded yc.
"How old was she when slio died ?" sbo re
sumed.
"Filty-six."
She forgot that tho toil-worn woman who
slept under yonder mound, had been his com
panion for many a year. The old man turned
awav his head and the moisture gathered in
his eyes. They came in sight of the old home
stead, a large two story house, painted white,
fence and all an unmitigated white, unreliev
ed by green window-shutter, bush or tree.
The arrival made quite a stir at the farm house.
Susy Martin, the old man's favorite, was the
first to welcome them.
"Hey, Susey, glad to see me, ain t you 1 and
this is yonr new mother." Susy burst into
tears and nestled Into bis arms. "Susy, Susy,-
hispered the old man, "for my sake." "May
be I havu been very foolish." Ihe young girl
raised her head and looked in the bride's face.
She offered her hand, and was about to kiss
her, but the ticw made Mrs. Martin courtcsied
somewhat fashionably and sat down. Susy
brou ir lit in two tallow candles and placed them
on the table, which MargaretMaria contrasted
with the gas light at home. A lew moments
alter, a tall square-shouMered man entered,
leading a little boy by the hand. Mr. Martin
somewhat embarrassed,
"Mrs. Martin, my son, David."
"Why, mother, how do you do?" said the
young man in a dry sarcastic tone. "Hallo!
here, Charlie, come ana kiss your new granu-
.ma." tiiecima gazea nis targe, nuuuciiug
eyes on the stranger, and leit tne constraint a-
round bim, though he could not nave explain
ed it. Susy caino in soon to tell them supper
was ready. Such a table ! Margaret was as
tonished. The bill of fare was as comprehen
sive as Kirkham's definition of a noun, includ
ing everything that can be kuown or mention
ed, turkey, chicKens, pies, nut caKes, sweet
meats, all side by side, and large w nue Bis
cuits, that would have been mistaken in tho
citv for loaves, and sliced up accordingly. The
nuir seemed to he catinc lor an umo i
come, insisted that the hired help should all
sit down at the first table, declaring that ne
would have no innovation in his house-hold.
Accordingly the bride lound her elbow in a
very close proximity to Andrews coat sieeve
After supper they returned to what was called
the great room, xne Driuo sai aown in mo
onrnor of the fire-nlaco. and looked rather
poutv. "And this," thought she, "is marry
ing for money. What good will a lortune ever
do me here among these pine hills T Oh, Har
ry Blake!" and from the embers there rose a
.i .ioAmn TTnimer fnpi. and wnn a sign
thnncrht of the creat heart she bed so cruolly
thrown from her, and trampiea oeneam
feet.
. 1 i V. V. .
"Well my dear," aid the old man, clapping
his hands together, "now don't this look line
home ?" You hav'nt got acquainted with the
nctahhom vet real nioe folks I tell you, and
to-morrow I must go right about starting that
other saw mill.
CHATTER III.
r,i- nassed and the bride began to feel
mnoh tei caced Bird. ever was a uoe ia-
a v mr nut of her element. At first she bu-
J . i tint nniicp a n f I
sicd berseil m re-iuwiH.iiU6 U" r j
soon all the extravagance oi wi twj .nu
.v thither. The great room was fitted
ud for a parlor, chimneys were taken down,
in short, there was a general overturning and
upturning sufficient to bring about a complete
in..inm Rut no one earned anv-
aoroesuc iuuwuw -
thing by way of happiness. Susy got tired ol
the word style, the old man missed some home
comforts, the piano got out of tune and there
was nobody to tune it, the two maid-servants
took it into their beads to leave just at the bu
siest time, and they could get no body for
love or money to fill their place. Margaret
Maria was obliged to lay aside her diamond
ring and go into the kitchen. The old man
was foolishly indulgent, begged her to spend
all the money she wished. She proposed a
removal to the city. "Risky piece of busi
ness." said the Squire, "never get into a bet
ter neighborhood than this. Besides, I've
found a place on that middle creek for anoth
er saw mill capital fall of water there." She
grew very lonely. Two or three times during
her intervals of leisure, had she taken from
it's secret hiding place, a faded bouquet, the
souvenier of an early love, while the old man
was accustomed, of a Sabbath evening to gaze
long on a lock of silvery hair, and to moisten
it with tears. At last two stout Irish girls
were imported from the city, and the same
trip of the Squire also brought home an ele
gant silver tea service. Margaret Maria threw
herself into the rocking chair and declared
that it it were not so horrid dull there, she
might yet be happy. "Law,'.' said the Squire,
why not make a party V "Yes,' chimed in
Susy, "we'll have all the neighbors. And
I'll tell you what, we'll show them style,"
said Margaret Maria, getting eloquent, "I
guess they'll open their eyes once in the world.
If I only had some of my city friends."
"I told the folks here," said tho Squire,
"that last saw mill is turning off more lumber
than all the rest put together."
Susy," said Margaret Maria, "you mnst
have an evening dress. Pink satin would be
pretty for you." Susy's cherry lips were par
ted with an exclamation of wonder. "Wbv,
didn't you ever hear of such a thinga! and
you mut have it short sleeves."
"What, in winter V
"Why, yon poor little heathen," said Mar
garet Maria, and all at once her benevolent
reelings were aroused, and she determined to
make something of the girl. "We will have
Andrew for the porfer, and you and I will re
ceive the company as elegantly as possible,
and wo will take care to havu a magnificent
table."
CHAPTER IV.
The wholo honso was alive with preparations
for the coming fete ; invitations were seut out,
and Margaret Maria was in her element. The
Squire bad but one direction to make and that
was not to slight anybody. The pink satin was
produced, and it really made Susy look like
somo fair young rose-bud. Margaret Maria
put on her bridal robes and was herself again.
"They will come early," suggested Susy.
"Not before eight."
"Why, yes," laughed out Susyj everybody
goes to bed at half-past eight."
Andrew was instructed as to bis duties, and
Susy practiced the hostess by receiving her
mother several times. Just about dark a large
sleigh load came driving at the gate, and soon
there came a loud knock at the door. Andrew
the porter, looked comical, and the Squire
darted through tho kitchen to receive them.
"What does it mean V said Margaret Maria.
Why the neighbors always come in that way,"
slid Susy, "we never use our front door in the
winter." Then came a burst of laughter from
the new comers, and Andrew looked up be
seechingly and asked if he must stand there
all night. In came Mrs. Jenkens, a square
shouldered woman, dressed in shilling delane,
with a black silk apron and a clean linen col
lar. Next came a whole bevy of girls. They
stood with their mouths wide open, evidently
stupefied at the fairy like appearance of Susy
and her step-mother, while Andrew indulged
in a sly giggle.
"Margaret Maria,1 said the Squire, dashing
on without any recard to ceremony, 'this is
Mrs. Jenkins, as good a neighbor as ever l
wish to live by, and here are the Crank girls,
and law law Susy knows 'em all." Susy cor
dially greeted her young friends and ti led to
make them feel at case, bleigli load alter
sleigh load came, and all the back wny. Every
niece of poplin and delaine at the dry good
store on the "corners" was represented that
evening. Never was Margret Maria so puz
zled to play the hostess. Ihe young men
ranged themselves on one side of the room,
the girls on the other, and there they stood as
if for a spelling school. Ihe old women hud
dled together in the corner and unrolled their
knitting works while Squire Martin entertain
ed the men on bis favorite subject, saw-mills
He hired four or five more lumbermen, and
paid off a score of old debts that evening.
Margaret Maria thought ot gayeties ot A
and gave a sigh for Harry Blake. Refreshments
were served up early as several suggested it
was about time they were going home. 1 no
table was arranged with exquisite taste, but
the guests were too much frightened to eat, all
except the widow Crank, who drew oB a long
slice of cake, and then stepped up to the bride
and said, "Well, I used to think the Squire's
first wife was the best cook I ever did see, but
I declare you do beat her entirely." Marga
ret Maria smiled a pitying smile as much as to
say "you poor heathen."
When they returned to tne parior, ausy pro
posed music, at which the singing master at
. ... a; 1 1 t. I ' :i .
tne "corners insiincuveiy urew out uis putu
pipe and was just ready to strike Balerma,
when all at once be beheld a piano in the room
Susy asked her mother to play. She seated
herself at the instrument, and running her
jeweled fingers over the keys, began one of
Mozart's sublime compositions. And as she
Played, a truant tear lcll upon her diamond
rinz ! what misery it had brought ber
That night when ail were gone, she laid her
head on Susy s neck and wept. Sorrow had
softened her heart. "Susy," said she, "you
must go away from here. These may be good
people, but they are not fit associates for you
Not many weeks after, Susy was tent to
fashionable boarding school in the City of A.
Margaret Maria's native home. She was now
left alone with her "dear saw mill," as she
mentally christened her husband. Susy had
awav a vpar and then there came news
It was contained in a little note which read
thna .
. urwract father and mother, do not chide i
I a young girl have learned to love, but Harry
Blake is noble ana wormy oi ujjt ucoi
H i not rich but is fast rising to eminence
t i-.lf ih he were poor, that I might show
him how entirely I loved him for his own sake
Enclosed is a letter in which he asks you to
give me away to him. Dear father, the same
kind hand which has guided me ever since my
mother went to rett, is with me still. Your
loving Susy."
"The good child," said the old man unfold
ing Harry's letter. Margaret Maria could bear
no more and retired to her own room. Sadly
she took out the faded bouquet, pressing it to
her lips, murmered, "Alas! 1 married for
money," and as if a demon had entered tier
heart she exclaimed,"and money I'll have, and
not be cooped up here either." The last that
was seen of her she was taking a tour to Eu
rope, and her husband was by her side talking
to her incessantly of saw mills.
CAITGIIT ON THE JURY.
The following, which we heard told as a fact
some time ago, may be beneficial to some gen
tleman who has a young, unsuspecting wife :
A certain man, who lived about ten miles
from K , was in the habit of going to town
about once a week, and getting on a regular
spree, and would not return until he had time
to 'cool off,' which was generally two or three
days. His wife was ignorant of the cause of
his staying out so long, and suffered greatly
from anxiety about bis welfare. When he
would return, of course his confiding wife
would inquire what had been the matter with
him, and the invariable reply was, "that he
was caught on the jury and couldn't get off."
Having gathered bis corn and placed it in a
large heap, he, according to custom, deter
mined to call in his neighbors and have a real
corn shucking frolic. So he gave Ned, a faith
ful servant, a jug and an order to go to town
and get a gallon of whiskey a very necessary
article on such occasions. Ned mounted a
mule and was soon in town, and equipped with
the whiskey, remounted to set out lor home,
all buoyant wit'j the prospect of lun at shuck
ing.' When he had proceeded a few hundred
yards from town, he concluded to try the stuff.
and, not satisfied with once, he kept trying
until the world turned around so last that tie
turned off the mule, and there be went to sleep
and the mule to grazing. It was now nearly
ight, and when Ned awoke it was just before
the break o' day, and so dark that he was un-
ble to make any start towards borne until
ight. A soon as his bewilderment had subsi
ded so that he could get the "point," he start
ed with an empty jug, the whiskey having run
out, and afoot, for the mule had gone home.
Of course he was contemplating the applica
tion of a "two year old hickory," as he went
on at the rate of two-forty.
Ned reached home about breakfast time ar.d
"fetched up" at tho back door with a decided
ly entity countenance.
hat in thunder have you Deen at, you
black rascal, ' said his master.
Ned, knowing hU master's excuse to his
wife when be got on a spree, determined to
tell the truth, if he died for it, and said :
Well, master, to tell de truth, I was kotch on
de jury and couldn't get off." Aasftr.Aeur.
Rather Curiously, the New York Evening
Post makes an argument in favor of 1 rce
Trade and Direct 'Taxation for National Gov-
ermental purposes, upon the fact that the
New Yorkers submit to a city taxation of
nearly one hunderd dollars per head for every
voter in the city. We can't see that because
they bear the burden (complaining, as is evi
dent,) their backs and patience would not
not very probably break down under a still
heavier load. Don't try another feather, if
you are wise, impost duties are not lcii di
rectly, however heavy ; but eighty on a hun
dred millions ot annual direct taxation, with
all the added expense of collection necessari
ly accruing under any system, would be more
than any Administration could probably stand
under, though divided among tne wnoie tuir-
ty-two or thirty-three States. Imagine the
cost and loss, through swindling and other
causes, which must almost inevitable occur,
in collecting one hundred millions of taxes
in thirty-two or thirty-three States. What
an army ot hungry, peculating rascals and
their friends would be led off the blood of the
people become the supporters of a corrupt
Administration and override the popular will
if such a system should be substituted for
well arranged tariff, with such protection,
discriminative or incidental, as might bu use
ful or needful.
Waksiso to the Intemperate. Charles
Lamb tells his sad experience as a warning to
young men, in the loiiowmg language :
'The waters have gone over me. iiut out
of the black depths, could I be heard, I would
cry out to all those who have set a foot in the
petilous flood. Could the youth to whom the
flavor of the nrst wine is delicious as the
opening scenes of life, or tho entering upon
some newly discovered paradise, look into my
desolation, and be made to understand what a
dreary thing it is when he shall feel himself
going down a precipice with open eyes and a
passive will ; to see his destruction and nave
no power to stop it, and yet feel it all the way
emanating from himself; to see all godliness
emptied out of bim, and yet not able to for
get a time when it was otherwise, to bear a-
bout the tutious spectacle or nis own ruin :
could he see my fevered eye, feverish with
the last night's drinking, and feverish looking
for to-night's repetition of the folly; could
he but feel the body of tho death out of which
I cry. hourly with feebler outcry, to be dehv
ered, it were enough to make him dash the
sparkling beverage to the earth, in all the
pride 01 its manning temptation. -
Alone is Life. What can be more diacour
atrinc than the feeling that in our struggle
through life, in our trials, and our disappoint
ments, there are none to sympathize or care
for us ? No man can go very far with una
bated strergtb, courage and cheer, if he goes
alone. We are made to be reudered happier
and better by each other's notice, appreciation,
help and praise ; and the hearts that are de
barred from these influences inevitably wither,
harden or break. Here and there are found
persons who, Irani pride, perverseness, or
from very sensitiveness, (wbioh they thus
seek to hide) affect to be altogether indepen
dent of this notice and regard of their fellow
beings; but it is a very safe assertion to make,
that never yet was there one human heart that
did not, at some time, and in some tender and
yearning hour, long lor the sympathy of oth
er hearts. And there is nobility in this feel
ing. "
Singclar. We learn from the Pino Bluff,
Arkansas, Independent, Ih&t the gentleman just
elected to the Legislature of that State, from
Calhoun county, died the day after his elec
tion. It is said that be was in the habit ot re
marking in all of his speeches, that if be could
just be elected to the Leciatuxe of Arkansas,
no wag ready to dip..
Wonder a of the Created Universe.
What mere assertion will make any oae be
lieve that in one second of time, in one Deal
of the pendulum of a clock, a ray of light
travels over one hundred and ninety-two thou
sand miles, and would therefore perform the
tour of the world in about the aanie time that
it requires to wink with our eyelids, and In
much less than a swift runner occupies in tak
ing a single stride ? What mortal can" be
made to believe, without demonstration, that
the sun is almost a million times larger than
the earth f and that, although so remote from
us that a cannon ball shot directly towards it,
and maintaining its full speed, would be twen
ty j-ears in reaching itj yet it efiects the earth
by its attraction in an inappreciable instant of
time 7 Who would not ask: tor demonstration,
when told that a cnat's wing, in its ordinary
flight, beats many hundred times in a second s
or that there exist animated and regularly orga
nized beings many thousands of whose bodies,
laid close togeiher, would not extend an men i
But what are these to the astonishing truths
which modern opt ical inquiries have disclosed,
which teach us that every point of a medium
through fc hich a ray of light passes, is affec
ted with a succession of periodical movements,
recurring at equal intervals, no less than uvo
hundred million of millions of times in a sin
gle second ! That it is by such movements
communicated to the nerves of our eye, that
we see j nay, more, that it is the difference in
the frequency of their recurrence which af
fects us with the sense of the diversity of
color. That, for instance, in acquiring the
sensation of redness, our eyes are affected
four hundred and eighty-two million of mil
lions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred
and forty-two millions of millions of times;
and of violet seven hundred aud seven millions
of millions of times per second! Do not
such things sound more like the ravings of
madness than the sober conclusions of people
in their waking senses ! They are, neverthe
less conclusions to which any one may most
certainly arrive, who will only be at the trou
ble of examining the chaiu oi reasoning by
which they have been obtained.
A Wedding ceremony was rather singularly
spoiled, in New York, last Tuesday. The
bride was decked for the bridal, the wedding
truest s assembled, the clercvman present, but
no bridezroom appeared. It was discovered
next evening that when Mr. Luyster, (the
groom,) went to get his wedding suit, he stop
ped at a place on f ulton street, and drank a
glass of soda. He made the acquaintance of
two strangers, aud shortly afterward expert
enced a peculiar sensation, arising, as he sup
posed, from drugs put into the liquor. lie
went from the saloon where he met those men,
and hardly recollected anything until next
niorninc. when he found himself in Fourth av
cnue, with a light summer suit on, instead of
the black suit which he wore when he left
Brooklyn. He had two gold watches and two
hundred and fifty dollars in money, which had
disappeared with bis clothes. He had no de
finite recollection of any occurrence after he
had imbibed the soda water.
Pure Air. The Eclectic Medical Journal,
of Philadelphia, in speaking on this subject,
very properly remarks that it is not only ne
cessary that men may have sufficient air to
breathe, but it is necessary to provide air lor
the apartment itself in which they live, as well
as for the persons who inhale it. The influ
ence of impure air is not only exercised upon
persons through their breathing organs, but
the surface ot their bodies, their domes, tne
walls of their apartment in short, the free
surfaces of everything in contact with the air
of the plaee becomes more and more impure
a harbor of foulness, a means of impregnating
every cubic foot of air with poison unless the
whole apartment has its atmospheric contents
continuously changed, so that everything ani
mate and inanimate is freshened by a constant
supply of pure air.
Fat. The last news about the Paris "fash
ions" is somewhat startling. Fat is the rage.
Ladies cultivate it. They are devouring vast
quantities of butter, smashed rose leaves and
such like. The Empress is quite embonpoint,
which accounts for the style. The iashion
will be over here before long. We hail it with
iov." A new era is drawing. Our girls will
stop eating slate pencils and chalk, and com
mence partaking liberally of roast beef and
baked beans. I hey will rise with the larK.
They will exercise. They will try on tho waso
tub, perhaps.
Large Incomes. There are forty-six per
sons in England who have incomes of 450,
000 a year, equal to two million and a quarter
dollars, while 444 persons have incomes ran
ging from fifty to two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars a year, and Bit irom twenty-nve
to fifty thousand dollars. In Ireland there is
but one person who has an income or upwards
of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 21
have incomes from fifty thousand to two hun
dred and fifty thousand, and SO from twenty.
five to fifty thousand.
Great Sheriff's Sale There is to be an
immense sale of property by the Sheriff of
Burlington county, N. J., on the 17th of Sep
tember. All the extensive nulls, lactones,
print-works and the whole village of Shrevo
ville, some two miles from Mount Holly, are
to be sold under foreclosure. There is an el
egant mansion and twenty dwelling houses, be
sides the water power of the Kancocas. This
place hai been brought to this fate through the
want of a proper protective tariff.
No Forgiveness roa Docglas. The Chica
go Democrat says that the mission of David
Stuart, Col. Hamilton, and others from Chica
go to W ashington, to effect & reconciliation
with the President, has entirely failed. The
President says that Douglas "must come to
his milk." that he must beer forgiveness in a
letter over his own name, and that then the
party will consider the expediency ol taking
him on probation. He must come In as a pri
vate, however.
Looking out of bis window one suugmer
evening, Luther saw, on a tree at hand, a lit
tle bird making bis brief and easy dispositions
for a night's rest. "Look," said he. "bow
that little fellow preaches faith to us all ! He
takes hold of his twig, tucks his head under
his wing, and goes to steep, leaving God to
think for him !"
It is said that more money is paid for cigars
in the Cnted States than for bread. That
Jiows wo are a "puffing" people.
Fekin as Seen by an American.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia InquU
rer was at Pekin, the capital f Chfna, a short
time ago, and what he saftr of it, bCrsv it im
pressed bim, he thus describes :
"On arriving at tne capital or tne Chinese
empire we nna a City containing aooui two
millions of inhabitants. Such is the estimate
but doubtless the calculation is mado in tba
usual spirit of Eastern etaggeratlorii Be that
as it may, the walls are fourteen miles in cir
cumference, twenty-eight feet high, twenty
four feet thick at the base, and twelve at the
top. There are sacioiis towers all around, at
seventy feet distance Irom each other, and at
the gates are look-out barracks, nine stories in
heieht. lor the soldiers. The metropolis is di
vided into two parts, one inhabited by Tartar
and the other by the Chinese, in each tnera
is a street four miles long and one hundred and
twenty feet wide, and the Emperor's palaces
and gardens occupy two-thirds of the Tartar
city ; and all this besides the suburbs, which:
are nearly as populous as the city proper.-
"1 ekin is located sixty miles south of tho
famous Chinese wall, and therefore much ex
posed to northern and hostile neighbors ; yet
its fortifications are strong, and until the vast
machinery of modern artillery was invented,
the brother of the sun and moon was perfect
ly secure in his palatial balls, the walls, bas
tions, and towers being impregnable in ancient
times. Although the country about Pekin is
sandy and unfertile, yet provisions abound, be
ing brought by canals from all the great Tit
ers; and also with its commerce, the mer
chants being paid in money, as the capital is
the chief recipient of the revenues of all Chi
na. It has ever been regarded as a very ex
clusive place, the presence of no foreigflef be
ing permitted within its walls; but now tho
outside barbarians' are in a fair way ofover
leaping the sacred boundaries; and it Is prob
able that this act, together with the opening of
Japan, may prove an important step towards
the inauguration of Christianity among tbo
millions who are now benighted in Pagan idol
atry and superstition."
Pixs and Needles. The manufacture of
the indispvnsible little pin was commenced in
the United States between 1812 and 1820, since
which time the business has extended greatly,
and several patents for the manufacture ot pins
have been taken out. The manufacture in
England and other parts of Europe Is conduct
ed upon improvements made here. Notwith
standing the extent of our own production,
the United States imported in I8.3G pins to the
value of $40,225, w hile in the same year thero
were imported into this country needles to tho
amount of $246,000. c Needles were first tnado
in England in the time of "bloody Mary," by
a negro from Spain, but as be would Dot im
part his secret, it was lost at his death, and
not recovered again until 15C6, in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, when a German taught tho
art to the English, who have since brought it
to the greatest perfection. Tne construction
of a needle requires about one hundred and
twenty operations, but they are rapidly and
uninterruptedly successive.
Water. Potatoes contain 75 pet cent (by
weight,) and turnips no le6S than 90 per cent
of water. A beefsteak, though pressed be
tween blotting paper, yields nearly four-fifths
of its weight of water. Of the human frame,
bones included, only about one-fourth is solid
matter, (chiefly carbon and nitrogen,) the rest
is water. It a man weighing one hundred and
forty pounds was squeezed flat under a hy
draulic press, one hundred and five pounds of
water would run out, and only thirty-five lbs,
of dry residue remain. A man is, therefore,
chemically speaking, forty-five lbs. of carbon
and nitrogen diffused through six buckets of
water. Berzelius, indeed, in recording tho
fact, justly remarks that the ''living organism
is to lie regarded as a mass diffused in water;"
and Dalton, by a series of experiments tried
on his own person, found that of the food with
which we daily repair this water-built fabric,
five-sixths are also water.
Tai Unoocxted Vote ix Kansas. Tha
Lawrence Republican gives a list of returns
from fourteen polls not included in the Com
missioners', statement, embracing an aggregato
. r . n.n . . r . . . . ...
voic oi 14 1 i or, ana i,uz against the
English proposition. Thus amended, the total
vote would stand 1,969 for to 12,372 against
it making the Free State majority 10,413.
The supposition of the Republican is that theao
returns either did not reach the Commission
ers, or were rejected on account of informality j
yet they make no mention of any one of tbo
localities named.
Deportment is a Railroad Car. A trial
took place a month ago at Hon en, in France,
that affords a good precedent for judicial ac
tion the world over. Two 1 elWws, pretending
to be gentlemen.were pleased to talk indecent
ly in a railroad car, even after an angry re
monstrance of a worthy farmer, who happened
to be with his daughter in an opposite seat.
He denounced them to the public prosecutor r
they were tried by the Correctional Court;
the sentence passed on each was Imprison
ment for two months and a fine of 200 francs.
Gov. STEWART.orMissocRWnrr-r-Eb agai.
On Tuesday evening, His Excellency, Gov
ernor Robert Stewart, who has been stopping
in St. Joseph his old home, for a few days past,
met with Dr. Erdhani, a German physician, in
a bar-room out at the brewery, when an alter,
cation took place and a fight ensued, in whicU
the Dr., after pummelling and giving bis Ex.
cellency a black eye and a few scratches, cams
off first best. There can be no doubt about
this fight, and we understand tho Governor
acknowledges it himself, but aays the Dr. com.
menced it.
Ccre for Erysipelas. A correspond eat Of
the Providence Journal aaya, that in ninety,
nine cases out of every hundred, cranberries
applied as a poultice will effectually euro the
erysipelas. There is not an instance known,
where it has failed to effect a cure, when faith
fully applied before the sufferer is in a dying
state. Two or three applications generally do
the work.
Boston has a population of 162,940. Like
many other cities its numbers have not in
creased for a year past, but, if anything, di
minished. The assessors mako a report, show,
ing a decrease of polls of S74, which would
indicate a considerable loss of population
aay 2,500.
Breastpins arc being manufactured in Loa
rBvillo, out of sections of tho cable of tho At
lantic telegraph- ' "" "" - - --